Pizzeria Villagio in Cardiff

I’d like to start by saying we as a family have been using the Villagio since the 1970s and love supporting a local family business! However, our experience this weekend did leave us a little disappointed. We had booked for 10 of us to celebrate my father’s 76th birthday. Days before we’d dropped in bunting and cake and were reassured that we’d be sitting upstairs and that they would add these to our table. We arrived 10 minutes early and were made to feel a little uncomfortable about this, the restaurant was extremely busy and the staff clearly stressed. Throwing the bunting at me pretty much, without anything to use to attach it to walls so it went unused. Our table at 7pm still wasn't ready and they then had to ask a table of 4 to move who were waiting on their dessert, again proving uncomfortable. We then waited a further 15 minutes for our drinks order to be taken, staff kept bringing food over which clearly wasn’t ours - staff were hugely overwhelmed. Things eventually calmed down and staff were polite, we actually just felt a little sorry for them! We felt the restaurant was just over booked or under managed on the night. Food was excellent though 👌🏼

Friendly, attentive and welcoming staff. The king prawn, nduja and chilli starter was lovely as was my wife’s calamari. The pizzas were as expected, again more-ish and tasty. The children’s menu is spot on and the portion sizes for both the main menu and children are excellent. The affogato with Amaretto and coffee finished off a lovely family meal - obviously the kids had ice cream minus the liqueur! Pizzeria Villagio should be far higher on Trip Advisor, having visited most Italian restaurants in Cardiff, Villagio will now be our go-to for a quality, family friendly Italian meal.

We have visited the restaurant on a number of occasions. It is always the top of our list with friends and family when they visit and it never disappoints! The pizzas are always incredible and we also love the arrabiata dipping sauce too! Fresh ingredients and an incredible base!

We haven’t visited here in years but took the chance for a last minute night out on a Monday. It turned out to be an excellent choice! The restaurant was absolutely packed with a lovely noisy buzz of happy clientele. The staff were working incredibly hard. We had the fish platter for two to start, a couple of really good pizzas to follow and an affogato for my husband to finish off. House wine was good as well. Pizzeria Villaggio is well worth a visit: brilliant value for money, delicious food and genuine fun. What a lovely evening!

Very popular establishment and it's evident after one visit! Excellent staff and tasty food! Polite staff are more than helpful. Italian restaurant with all the values you expect from a family business, nothing is too much trouble.

We ordered one pizza to share, however the waitress said she should not have been allowed to stay, and threatened to throw us out

Fantastic food. Really friendly staff. Live music with a real great menu. Spent a good few hours here eating and chatting. Lovely atmosphere withe a real welcoming and homely feell.